An alternative to tomorrow’s food crisis
Why Amaravathi? Land acquisition: A new capital city in farmland.
Food bowl of the region.
Amaravati, being built on a 217 sq km open field in Guntur district, is being designed to have 51% of green spaces and 10% of water bodies, with a plan to house some of the most iconic buildings there.
“I welcome you all to give your land today, and be part of the future city,” Rao recalls the official saying in Telugu. “But if you decide not to pool your land, then we will have no option but to acquire it through the Land Acquisition Act.”
Rao is now among over 28,000 farmers who have pooled their land towards the construction of
the city of Amaravati, and helped the AP government collect “89% of the targeted 38,581 acres”
